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Afghan President Hamid Karzai told the parliament on its opening day that around 300,000 children cannot attend school because of violence in the southern provinces.
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In northeastern Australia surging floodwaters forced scores of people to evacuate their homes. Farmers described the heavy rains as a mixed blessing after years of drought.
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Police in ex-Soviet Belarus dispersed a protest by about 2,000 entrepreneurs denouncing President Alexander Lukashenko's decree that places restrictions on hiring staff. Businessmen said the new regulations deny them the right to hire workers outside their immediate families or obliges them to re-register and be subject to higher taxes.
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Brazil’s Petrobras announced the discovery of a huge natural gas reserve off the coast of Rio de Janeiro.
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Shares in China's banks fell sharply after news reports said its No. 2 lender, Bank of China, might write down holdings of US mortgage securities and two others increased reserves for possible losses. State media said a gas explosion in an illegal mine in northern China has killed at least 20 people.
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Officials said Congo government negotiators and rebel groups reached a deal to end fighting in the vast country's restive east, where some 800,000 people had to flee their homes over the last year.
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Iran's supreme leader reversed a decision by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and ordered him to implement a law supplying natural gas to remote villages amid rising dissatisfaction with the president's performance. Local media have reported 64 cold-related deaths this winter and say gas cuts are to blame.
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2004 –
Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway
2001 –
Jackson Brundage, American Actor
1994 –
Laura Robson, Tennis Player
1990 –
Jacob Smith, American actor
1988 –
William Johansson, Swedish composer
1987 –
Joe Ledley, Welsh footballer
1985 –
Adrian Lewis, English Dart Player
1985 –
Alex Pérez, Spanish footballer
1985 –
Matt Unicomb, Australian basketball player
1985 –
Sasha Pivovarova, Russian Model
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January, 21
- Births
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2008,
Pam Barrett, Canadian politician (b. 1953)
2008,
Marie Smith Jones, last native speaker of the Eyak language (b. 1918)
2007,
Maria Cioncan, Romanian athlete (b. 1977)
2007,
U;Nee, Korean pop artist (b. 1981)
2006,
Ibrahim Rugova, President of Kosovo (b. 1944)
2006,
Bedanand Jha, Nepalese politician
2005,
Theun de Vries, Dutch writer (b. 1907)
2005,
John L. Hess, American journalist (b. 1917)
2005,
Parveen Babi, Indian actress (b. 1955)
2004,
Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian writer (b. 1929)
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January, 21
- Deaths
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